Messages - khillje

This year I selectively picked mine like you're talking about. I generally use the "spring back after the pinch" technique too to determine when they're ready. I didn't yield much at all this year due to the drought.

Just siphoned over to the secondary a bit early to get it off the peppers. It's definitely spicy, but not like you'd think. Yeast is still kicking strong too! I soaked the habaneros in vodka on brewday. The vodka shots afterward were VERY hot, I'm thinking this may have stolen a lot of the heat, for better or worse. Time will tell! The raspberries are coming through nicely too.

Haha! I know. It's going to be VERY hot. To be honest, this beer isn't for me. My roommate is the pepper head and nothing is ever hot enough. I decided to prove him wrong, not with a hot sauce, but with a beer. Also, every pepper beer I've ever had hasn't had much spice to it, so I wanted to kick it up. Total experimental beer though. The other half of this split batch is a strawberry wheat for my girlfriend. I'll let you know how it turns out. Might be the least sessionable beer in history due to the heat!